Priyanka Rupani

Priyanka Rupani (she/her) is currently the assistant principal (assistant head of school) at Francis W. Parker School in Chicago. Prior to working at Parker, Priyanka served as the director of diversity, equity, and inclusion at University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, where she is an alum. Previously, she served as the director of diversity, equity, and social justice at the Friends School of Baltimore. Priyanka completed her B.A. from Northwestern University and her M.S.Ed. from the University of Pennsylvania. She has taught math and African American history to high schoolers and was a member of the 2010 Teach for America Corps in Philadelphia. Priyanka is also a faculty member for the National Association of Independent Schools’ annual Student Diversity Leadership Conference and a principal consultant for the Glasgow Group. Through this work, she consults on topics of DEI and education for organizations nationwide.

Oscar Gonzalez

Oscar Gonzalez is the director of equity and inclusivity at Graland Country Day School in Denver and co-chair of the National Association of Independent School’s annual Student Diversity Leadership Conference, a 29-year-old training ground drawing over 1,800 high school students nationwide. Oscar is a principal consultant with The Glasgow Group. Oscar attended both public and independent schools, and seeing the disparity in opportunities, he became passionate about working in education. Oscar was the first in his family to graduate from college, earning a bachelor’s degree in English from Northwestern University. Keeping students’ best interests front of mind, he creates a sense of belonging and works to ensure everyone feels welcome and included. He educates others on issues of equity, inclusion and belonging.

Jamor Gaffney

Jamor Gaffney is an experienced consultant and organizational strategist with deep expertise advancing equity in K-12 education and the nonprofit industry. For over 10 years, she has turned her passion for diversity, equity, and inclusion into programs, curricula and events that seed transformation.

Jamor is a founding partner at For The Culture, an equity and culture shift firm providing comprehensive DEI services to organizations of all sizes. She is a consultant with the widely recognized Glasgow Group, and she designs K-12 curriculum covering film, TV shows, and other cultural works for Journeys in Film. She previously lent her passion for DEI to the National Association of Independent Schools and Indian Creek School. She has also helped transform organizational culture and strategic partnerships at leading reproductive health, rights and justice organizations such as In Our Own Voice: National Black Women's Reproductive Justice Agenda and Planned Parenthood Federation of America. She earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland.

Jamor lives in Annapolis, Md., with her wife, Brittni, surrounded by and grounded by a family full of tenacious Black women. Her favorite things to do when she’s not out advancing equity in schools and organizations include reading works of fiction and creating digital art.